Roaming Robots - Battle Antz Kit

Do you want the honest truth?

I really don't think that they're worth it. Sorry jonno.

It's just that you could easily build a cheap ant from parts around the house for half the amount of money, and it will be the proper weight as well.

Sure, the Battle Ants may be a great feat of engineering, but surely you guys could post a tutorial on how to build a proper antweight, rather than letting the lazy people among us buy a kit which will do everything for us, and yet they have no clue on how it works? Sure, they will read the instructions and the circuit diagram, and get a vague idea on how to build it, but will they actually know how to repair it? No. And that is why I don't like antweight kits.

Don't get me wrong, I ADORE the featherweight kits, as they are brilliant way to get people into combat, but I also feel that fighting your robot with a different colour scheme can get pretty tiresome after a while.

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Most of what I have said above is complete rubbish, but I stand by my point about fighting the same robot.

I just think that it would be nice to add some variety into the fights.

the whole point of these kits whether it be the battle ratz or ant weights is to get people into the sport via an easier route. you see a lot of people who get stuck and end giving up on a feather weight project where as introduction via a kit lets you get to a finished robot and experience the basics of the sport.

when i first joined it was the zeobot kits which were the kit option, they cost more than the battle ratz and well weren't the best i have to say, but it introduced me to the world of robots which was great.

i think that post was a bit harsh and not needed i think it's a good idea as even now i wouldn't know how to build a decent antweight and i've been doing robots for nearly 6 years now, so for a younger enthusiast it would be a great way into the sport

alex

I understand. My first post was obviously a bit harsh. I tried to delete it, but because of the way this forum is, I couldn't. SO the best I could do was the double post.


IGNORE THE FIRST POST.

The second post is the correct one.

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Originally Posted by George_TeamZog

I understand. My first post was obviously a bit harsh. I tried to delete it, but because of the way this forum is, I couldn't. SO the best I could do was the double post.


IGNORE THE FIRST POST.

The second post is the correct one.

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Plus in terms of value you missed the fact that you get a free screwdriver with your battlerat :proud: :proud:

There's lots of ant build guides if you know where to look, the RW101 forum - which is where almost all the antweight builders congregate - is a pretty good place to start.

I personally quite like these kits, there should be a fair few people with 'proper' 150g antweights at each RR event who'd be happy to put them into the arena and fight (and hopefully beat! heh) the superant kits, and that would be a brilliant demonstration of what can be done with the antweight class - hopefully we can hand out our usual leaflets then and recruit a few more new ant builders ^^

I would however disagree strongly with this:

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these 150g little machines have developed so much that equally with the feather weight class, it has become more and more expensive and challenging to build a new competitive machine.

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Personally I don't think the cost has increased to any great extent, it's possible to build a very strong base for an antweight for only about a tenner or so more than the cost of the kit, minus radio gear, and newcomers with rather cheaply built machines have made the top six at recent events so I don't think you necessarily need to spend to be competitive :) a lot of it's as much down to luck and driving as it is to build quality and weaponry.

i think they are a good idea.

personally i'd never consider spending time building my own ant weight from stratch but i'd be tempted to buy one of these just so i can have a go with ants.

I just find it sort of 'cheating' going over the weight limit and fighting against scratch built antweights.

It's like cheating, but... Cheating.

You are pushing you're luck a bit Jonno :P

I don't think the kits will be allowed at 'official' antweight events, just at RR events if I understand correctly.

Having seen these at wings n wheels this year, I reckon they're actually quite cool. Hit the right price point for someone getting into the sport too.

I think these AWs are a great idea

It would make starting from the beginning in robot combat easier

Proper harsh post!

You say €œcould easily build a cheap ant from parts around the house for half the amount of money€ you maybe could but could an eight year old who attended his first RR show? Plus £60 for all that isn€™t actually too much money when you look at all the other rubbish you can buy.

Nice one for calling all the people who buy these €œlazy€, but didn€™t you buy a featherweight kit? So that would make you lazy?...

€œbut I also feel that fighting your robot with a different colour scheme can get pretty tiresome after a while.€ Build a feather then? Come to the UK champs; get smashed by beauty, re build, come next year for the same to happen again.
I€™m hoping 360 and the other spinner guys destroy beauty 2 - kind of boring winning every fight I have, have been waiting for like 3 years for 360 to destroy me :P

€œI just think that it would be nice to add some variety into the fights.€ If you have any ideas then tell us, jonno trys to add variety into the fights but if people don€™t come up with ideas and tell him then he isn't going to know, even if people think it€™s a silly idea it might help jonno€™s ageing brain think of how to improve your idea into a good one.

Jonno, the kits look great though! And I love even more that when I went onto your youtube account the video of where beast smashed T-Bone on TV comes up!! On this link http://www.youtube.com/roamingrobots?gl ... Xn-67sIW6k you have in the description that the kits are £49.99 but on the website it is £59.99 might want to get it changed to the correct price.

Hold on a sec... Who moved this? Now it's going to be seen more... And now... Oh god, how many enemies will I have made when Portsmouth arrives?

*hangs head in shame*

The first post is harsh, and I disagree with what I said (what can I say, my parents annoyed me, I'm 13 :P). But now show it to even more members of the forum? Yep. That's really going to boost my morale after this.

Should have been deleted really and not moved...

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Originally Posted by George_TeamZog

And now... Oh god, how many enemies will I have made when Portsmouth arrives?

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Don't worry about it George, we never liked you before anyway :proud: :proud:

I can see the battle ratz draw now: Cyanide - Viper, LBR - Thor...................

I would obviously win... :roll:

It would be nice though if this topic was deleted...